Great heat until Tuesday, in the major islands 42-43 degrees

 The great heat of these days should last at least until next Tuesday, with temperatures up to 42-43 degrees in the major islands

: it will be followed by a 'weather-turnaround' that will bring afternoon thunderstorms and a lowering of the mercury column over the weekend.

The forecast is by Mattia Gussoni, meteorologist of iLMeteo.it.

is underway - he underlines -

throughout Italy with temperatures that will reach maximum peaks well over 35 degrees, especially in the Po Valley, on the inland areas of the two major islands (here it could even touch 42-43 degrees) and on part of the Center (39 a Florence and Rome) ". After Tuesday, according to Gussoni, there is a high possibility of afternoon thunderstorms due to the infiltration, especially at medium altitudes, of cooler and humid currents from the West-North West.

"For next weekend, however - concludes the meteorologist - it is possible to reduce the temperatures, with a heat without excesses, thanks to the return in style of the Azores anticyclone which in fact would replace the hottest African".